In an interview with Forbes India, Lord Bhattacharyya, Chairman and founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group shared some of his thoughts on the role played by academia and top management in the R&D of a company
Lord Bhattacharyya is the chairman and founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG). An expert in the field of manufacturing, he has played a critical role in building WMG as one of the top R&D destinations in the UK. He is a believer in industry-academia partnerships and works closely with several companies around the world. In an interview with Forbes India, he shared some of his thoughts on the role played by academia and top management in the R&D of a company. Here are the excerpts:
Ambition of becoming a global company
Well, this is a thing not just true for India but for any other part of the world. In the end, you have a product, and your product has to be globally competitive from the point of view of technology, pricing, quality… Everything. Now, it is an open market. So, it has to compete with the best in the world. As long as the market is within India, and you know there are areas of no competition or let’s say not great competition, you can survive.